Thank you, I appreciate your reply. That is close but I prefer my current set up. I suspect I'm just being to picky about what I want, but I'm surprised I seem to have come up with an aspect of Reaper that isn't easily modified to my preference. "In general, it's best to post Theme related questions directly into the Themes section of this forum" I wasn't sure this was a theme related question. I really don't want to open that whole can of worms. Knowing me, I would spend weeks, months learning about themes instead of making music.